New Delhi: The monthly pension of Rs 200 given to the elderly is "an insult to the dignity of an individual", Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said, requesting the Prime Minister to immediately review the scheme. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the minister has recommended streamlining the disbursal system of Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) under which Rs 200 per month is given...
01:00 AM, May 21, 2012
More than 3000 working poor are right now agitating at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, under the banner of Pension Parishad as the curtains are up on the 'right to pension' campaign. Spearheaded by Aruna Roy, the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan leader and member of the National Advisory Council (NAC), the campaign seeks universalisation of a minimum pension of Rs 2000 per person per month for all elderly citizens of India...
02:53 PM, May 10, 2012
The right to information, the right to work, the right to education, the right to food and now the right to pension. Watching Sagarika Ghose's ...
08:50 AM, May 10, 2012
Jaipur: After setting an example in effective implementation of the MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), Congress-ruled Rajasthan is where the UPA government's flagship programme is now virtually dying. With the expenditure on MNREGA in Rajasthan shrinking this year to almost one-third of its spending in 2006, the activists say the Congress government is now developing cold feet in executing its own programme. In 2008-09 the expenditure on...
07:01 AM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: Aruna Roy-led NCPRI on Tuesday attacked the Lokpal Bill for its "lack of appropriateness", saying it does not provide for adequate independence for the ombudsman or power to investigate cases. In its critique of the Bill, the National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI) said the appropriateness of 'The Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2011' could well be determined by asking questions like whether the Lokpal is adequately...
11:10 AM, Dec 27, 2011
New Delhi: There would be no delay, except for a "couple of days", in submitting the report on the anti-graft Lokpal bill in parliament, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, head of a panel studying the draft legislation, said on Tuesday while National Advisory Council member Aruna Roy demanded that the bill be passed in the current house session. Roy's views on the Lokpal bill have been at variance with those of Anna...
04:41 AM, Dec 07, 2011
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The poverty debate in the country reached a fever pitch ever since the Planning Commission accepted Prof Tendulkar's report which kept the poverty line at ...
04:43 PM, Oct 14, 2011
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, tipped by many in the Congress to become the Prime Minister, has sought a fresh look on the Rs 32 yardstick for poverty. Sources said the Planning Commission is now likely to do a rethink on the below poverty line (BPL) yardstick. Sources said the Congress General Secretary is seeking answers on the affidavit filed by the Planning Commission in the Supreme Court which said an...
07:09 AM, Oct 01, 2011
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The Planning Commission's affidavit in the Supreme Court claiming that Rs 32 in urban areas, and Rs 25 in rural areas is adequate to meet ...
09:32 PM, Sep 30, 2011
New Delhi: An open letter from the Right to food Campaigners to Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairperson of the Planning Commission. September 29th, 2011 Dear Mr Ahluwalia, While you were abroad deliberating on global matters, the Planning Commission filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court claiming that the "poverty line of Rs 25 and Rs 32 (rural and urban areas respectively) ensures the adequacy of private expenditure on food, health...
10:42 AM, Sep 30, 2011
Hyderabad: Social activist Aruna Roy and Lok Satta Party President Jayaprakash Narayan on Monday said no single institution should be made responsible for making public servants accountable. Taking part in a conference on 'Impact of Corruption on Development', they said vesting all encompassing power and responsibility in one institution like the Lokpal will burden it and make it difficult to carry out assigned tasks. The meet was organised by the...
12:51 AM, Sep 20, 2011
Hyderabad: Addressing a conference on 'Impact of Corruption on Development' in Hyderabad on Monday, social activist Aruna Roy said no single institution should be made responsible for making public servants accountable. "Vesting all encompassing power and responsibility in one institution like the Lokpal will burden it and make it difficult for it to carry out assigned tasks," she said. The meet was organised by CPI-affiliated Progressive Forum. Roy, a member...
11:53 PM, Sep 19, 2011
Chennai: In an apparent criticism of social activist Anna Hazare and his protest for passage of Jan Lokpal bill, National Advisory Committee member Aruna Roy on Thursday said "people cannot make a law" and it had to be done by a drafting committee. "Law has to be looked at in detail. If you change one comma or one fullstop a right becomes no right. People can demand a law, people...
05:54 PM, Sep 08, 2011
New Delhi: On Day 11 of Anna Hazare's fast a notice has been given for debate on the Lokpal issue in Parliament which will discuss four versions of the anti-corruption bill. The notice has been given to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar by three Congress MP's Sanjay Nirupam, Anu Tandon and Jagdambika Pal under Rule 193 which means there will be no voting on Lokpal bills. The Government says it...
11:16 AM, Aug 26, 2011
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